Border Project Contractors Arrive in Big Bend National Park as Texas Lawmakers Call for a Pause

Border project contractors arrive in Big Bend National Park as Texas lawmakers call for a pause

Texas Democrats are urging the Trump administration to delay its plans for building border barriers and roads across the West Texas park. Bulldozers and trucks bearing the logo of the contractor awarded $1.7 billion for the project were seen in the national park on Tuesday as local activists warn construction could start at any moment.

More than 140 businesses ask Texas Republicans to halt Big Bend border wall construction

In a Tuesday letter, more than 140 Texas businesses urged Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to protect public access to the Rio Grande and oppose federal plans to build steel border barriers at nearly every river access point in Big Bend National Park. The businesses — mostly river outfitters, recreation […] The post More than 140 businesses ask Texas Republicans to halt Big Bend border wall construction appeared first on …

More questions than answers as contractors descend upon Big Bend National Park

Terlingua Tensions are high in South Brewster County as federal contractor Southwest Valley Construction, a subsidiary of Nebraska-based Kiewit, moved heavy equipment into Big Bend National Park on Tuesday morning. Over the past few weeks, observers on the ground have spotted survey crews on roads along the river and staging areas popping up north of the park — but officials still don’t have straight answers for many of the questions anxious loc…